Peak time prices
I think that peak season prices are becoming too much £32 per night or there abouts is this not a members club seems to me they have forgotten this.
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Have you compared it to a nearby commercial site for the same period?
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Just had a 6 week tour in Cornwall. 3 rallies & 2 CL's.
Rallies all held on commercial sites. £10.75 a night for a site with 2 pools, cafe, bar, shop & evening shows.
A lovely CL complete with farm shop & cafe for £42 a week!
Why on earth would you pay club site rip off rates when there's bargains like that around?
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This has not been a members club, in the way you suggest, for many years.
The 'club' label is no different from your local football club. Both are commercial entities and have to make a profit.
At least CMC invested its profits in the network rather than the ever increasing pay of footballers!
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Which demonstrates the members’ discount. 👍🏻
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We know where you’re going, PD.
Don’t forget we’re talking peak season when many commercial sites charge the earth but, until we know what site the OP is talking about, this is very much hypothetical and we could argue the toss all day to no avail.
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The original post is just a throw away line which is a bit meaningless without real suggestions on how the Club could achieve lower prices. Where are lower prices going to come from? Even out the prices across the season which might then mean that people suddenly find it more expensive to go off season? Not sure that would work. The Club have seen quite a big increase in site staff costs in the last couple of years which obviously have to be taken into account. There are cheaper options out there, CL's being a good example. Even within the Club there are options. Bridlington £35.50 a night but Thirsk only £20.40 a night at peak!
David
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The £1.5 million and still rising cost of the name change to placate those who have been welcomed into the cc for decades,could have been better spent,
The smoke and mirrors "information "coming from EGH saying there has been a rise in motor caravan/campervan membership since is also a bit of marketing speak when the market for them was already increasing boyed up by ,as noted by dealers pension pots and equity release and caravan owners dipping their toes into the latest "fad"
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We know where you’re going, PD
You know more than me TW. It was just an off the cuff comment.
I rarely have much interest in discussion on prices becuase I accept if I want to be somewhere in particular at a particular time, whether peak or otherwise that is the price I have to pay.
If there aren't any constraints then you can always shop around.
peedee
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I have occasionally noticed ACSI signs on club & commercial campsites in the UK. Must remember to have a look at those to see if there is any financial benefit of using the card in the UK, providing they are in a location we want to be in. Would be interesting to know if anyone has used their ACSI card in the UK & if so was it financially beneficial especially at peak times.
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i didn't get an ACSI card this year but last year there were only a handful of sites offering ACSI rates, most at about 19 Euros. So unless numbers have increased significantly, I cannot see it being worthwhile obtaining the discount card just for use in the UK.
peedee
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Just checked my 2018 book and there are 41 in that so I must be confused with an earlier year when I said there was only a handful. As you say if you are staying on an ACSI site more than a few days then perhaps it is worth having the card. Both Clubs sell it.
peedee
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Another David - Thanks for info. I didn't reaslise there were so many in UK.
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Here in Cornwall in mid September you can pay £18 at family owned, five star Wooda Farm at Bude with an ACSI card, or £15 without one !
Or you can still pay £25 at the Club's site at Trewethett Farm and join the daily musical chairs swapping pitches game.
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Included in the CampingCard ACSI rate
Pitch*
Overnight stay for 2 adults**
Car + caravan + awning
Or car + collapsible trailer
Or car + tent
Or motorhome with awning
Electricity: connection of max. 6A. (not always implemented, some ACSI pitches have the same large amperage as other customers)Consumption to a max. of 4 kWh per day
Hot showers***
1 dog, on the condition that dogs are permitted on the campsite.
VATExcluded in the CampingCard ACSI rate
Tourist tax, environmental surcharge, ecotax, refuse disposal or any other requirements made by the local authority
Applicable reservation and administration charges
Hot water in the washing up sinks is not included in the rate. (never seen this implemented)
* Some campsites make a distinction between standard and luxury pitches. These luxury or comfort pitches tend to be somewhat bigger and have their own water supply and drainage. You have the right to a standard pitch with CampingCard but it may also happen that you can use one of the more expensive pitches for the CampingCard rate. The campsite has the right to decide this; you can NEVER claim a luxury or comfort pitch. Take note also that some campsites have adapted their policy towards caravans with a twin axle and motorhomes that are so large they won’t fit on a standard pitch.
** Campsites offer pitches suitable for two adults. The campsite can decide for itself whether more than two adults may camp on them (where the CampingCard rate applies to the two adults) or whether the campers will be referred to pitches that are not allocated to CampingCard ACSI users and for which the regular rates will be charged.
*** If the campsite used shower tokens, the CampingCard holder has the right to one shower token per adult per day. If the campsite uses another ‘shower system’, for example fifty cent coins or a SEP key, the above still applies but the camper must discuss the shower arrangements with the campsite.
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